WORKPLACE: Workers here are more satisfied with...

WORKPLACE: Workers here are more satisfied with their jobs than those nationwide, the Times Orange County Poll found. . . . Despite rising employee health costs, nearly a third of local workers surveyed said their benefits had improved recently. . . . More workplace issues are explored today in Business Pulse (Section T), a special Orange County report.

WORKPLACE BENEFITS In the past few years have your benefits gotten better or worse? Same: 51% Worse: 16% Not offered: 4% Better: 29% Source: The Times Orange County Poll